Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, will hold a breakfast for international officials focused on energy and climate issues next week, according to a copy of the invitation for the event seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, will …
The pontiff quoted a phrase from the Old Testament that said 'man is stupid, a stubborn and a blind man' Pope Francis today slammed climate change doubters as "stupid" in the wake of a spate of hurricanes that have thrashed the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. "Those who deny it …
Climate Zimbabwe has ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to Veronica Gundu, deputy climate change director in the Environment, Water and Climate Ministry. This means the country is now legally obliged to stick to the terms of the accord, she said, terms that include a commitment to cutting …
The corporate backlash is growing against Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, with Mars launching a $1bn sustainability plan and an M&M;’s campaign centred on renewable energy. It is the latest climate move by the family owned firm, which emerged as a vocal critic of the US president’s …
Visiting French minister of state for ecological and inclusive transition Brune Poirson has said the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is a challenge for the international community, but the global deal is not under threat. She was here to prepare for President Emmanuel Macron's visit to India …
Reducing fossil fuel supply is necessary to meet the Paris Agreement goal to keep warming “well below 2°C”. Yet, the Paris Agreement is silent on the topic of fossil fuels. This paper outlines reasons why it is important that Parties to the Agreement find ways to more explicitly address the …
This discussion paper explores key issues and options to ensure robust accounting of international transfers from market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The paper first provides an overview of key issues that must be addressed to ensure robust account and highlights approaches to address them. The further …
Former Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony De Brum, who played a key role in securing the Paris climate pact has passed away aged 72. At countless UN climate meetings, Mr De Brum was a passionate champion of the rights of small island states. He was instrumental in securing the "high …
Even as India has made a considerable push towards renewable sources of energy keeping in view its Paris Agreement goal, the country's dependence on coal as primary source of energy will continue as its 'social cost' is quite less as compared to that of solar and wind. The government has …
The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate the government’s climate analysis into long-term planning. The charter for the 15-person Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment — which includes academics …
Trump's rejection of national climate report would do more damage than exiting the Paris Agreement A scientific report done every four years has been thrust into the spotlight because its findings directly contradict statements from the president and various Cabinet officials. If the Trump administration chooses to reject the pending …
Chicalim: In an effort to make Goa one of the first states in the country to generate green fuel through waste conversion, the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas has proposed to set up a green energy fuel chain in the tourist state. Minister for state for petroleum and …
New Delhi: Last month Indian Railways' first solar-power augmented diesel-electric train chugged into Haryana from a neighbourhood in Delhi. Its six coaches are equipped with 16 solar panels on the roof and will be used to power all electrical appliances inside. The Railways hope to reduce 239 tonnes of carbon …
The United States Government has formally communicated its intention to the United Nations to withdraw from the Paris Agreement while simultaneously doubling down on its false promises to lower emissions. Dated Friday, August 4, the US Department of State published a small ‘Media Note’ explaining that “the United States submitted …
Potent, climate-warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not being recorded in official inventories, a BBC investigation has found. Air monitors in Switzerland have detected large quantities of one gas coming from a location in Italy. However, the Italian submission to the UN records just a tiny …
NEW DELHI: Coal will continue to have a prime place in India's total energy mix for the next many years but an analysis of official data shows that the country's coal boom may have been over a couple of years ago, much earlier than expected. Over the past two years, …
South Asia, home to one-fifth of the world’s population, could see humid heat rise beyond survivable levels by century’s end if nothing is done to halt global warming, researchers said on August 2, 2017. The study in the journal Science Advances warned of “summer heat waves with levels of heat …
World temperatures are likely to rise by more than 2 degrees Celsius this century, surpassing a “tipping point” that a global climate deal aims to avert, scientists said on Monday. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change shows a 90 per cent chance that temperatures will increase this …
Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century’s end There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century, according to new research that …
This report highlights the most effective carbon-reducing policies and practices from the top 22 greenhouse gas emitting countries. The Report is inspirational, heartening, and contains useful information that could help your state, region, or country reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions and meet its Paris Agreement Pledge.
